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Bogging Down in Revisions

| February 19, 2024

I’m currently in the midst of revising a novella, and I’ve definitely hit the mucky middle. I didn’t feel like it slowed down substantially when I was writing this part of the book, but now I’m second-guessing everything I’ve written, all the parts I’ve revised, and all the parts I haven’t revised. It’s sort of […]

Wasteland Progress

| January 3, 2019

At the end of 2018, I wrapped up my revisions to Wasteland, and it’s currently going out to beta readers for their thoughts. I’m covering a lot of ground in this novel that I don’t really have much experience with, so it’s going to be very helpful to get some feedback! My hope is to […]

Questions for Beta Readers

| August 6, 2018

If you’ve finished a novel or other longer work and want to get outside opinions, you might turn to a beta reader. But what are you asking them to look at? This article presents fifteen questions for beta readers that will help you get the most of their comments! It also has some other tidbits […]